MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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